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 |
|---|---|
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |