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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WordMeaning
meddlesomegiven to meddling
manumitto release from slavery
casteone of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
amorphoushaving no definite form : shapeless
subsidiaryfurnishing aid or support : auxiliary
determinationa judicial decision settling and ending a controversy
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
haplesshaving no luck : unfortunate