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 |
|---|---|
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |