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 |
|---|---|
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| tome | book |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| vixen | a female fox |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |