GRE Word List
CONTROVERT
to dispute or oppose by reasoning
The meaning of the word controvert is to dispute or oppose by reasoning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| colloquy | conversation |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| congenial | pleasant |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |