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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leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
willowy | abounding with willows |
sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |