GRE Word List
CONTENTIOUS
likely to cause disagreement or argument
The meaning of the word contentious is likely to cause disagreement or argument.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| hardy | bold |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |