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 |
|---|---|
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| billowing | wave |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |