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

WordMeaning
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
dissensiondisagreement
prolixityunduly prolonged or drawn out : too long
obscuredark
estimablecapable of being estimated
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
doffto remove (an article of wear) from the body
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
extraditionthe surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
transitiona change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another