GRE Word List
CONTENTIOUS
likely to cause disagreement or argument
The meaning of the word contentious is likely to cause disagreement or argument.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |