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 |
|---|---|
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |