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 |
|---|---|
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| lag | one that lags or is last |