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
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
sartorialof or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes
appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
opaqueblocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity
conspireplot
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
exegesisexposition
woea condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
screecha high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
accessoryan object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else