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 |
|---|---|
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| flounder | flatfish |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |