GRE Word List
CONTENTIOUS
likely to cause disagreement or argument
The meaning of the word contentious is likely to cause disagreement or argument.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| cadaver | a dead body |