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 |
|---|---|
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| mortician | undertaker |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| rotunda | a round building |
| defer | put off |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |