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 |
|---|---|
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| headlong | headfirst |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |