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 |
|---|---|
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| dilute | attenuate |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |