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 |
|---|---|
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| auroral | dawn |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |