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 |
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unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
dissension | disagreement |
prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
obscure | dark |
estimable | capable of being estimated |
phoenix | a 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 |
doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
extradition | the 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 |
transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |