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 |
|---|---|
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |