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 |
|---|---|
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| demented | mad |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |