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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WordMeaning
antecedeprecede
fruitionpleasurable use or possession : enjoyment
moratoriuma legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt
annotateto make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
verdantgreen in tint or color
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
congenitalexisting at or dating from birth
bewareto be on one's guard