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 |
|---|---|
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| aver | to declare positively |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |