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 |
|---|---|
| opulence | wealth |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| contagion | a contagious disease |