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- Abase
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- Abdicate
- Aberrant
- Abeyance
- Abhor
- Abjure
- Abrasive
- Abreast
- Abridge
- Abscission
- Abscond
- Abstain
- Abyss
- Accede
- Accretion
- Acerbic
- Acidulous
- Acme
- Activism
- Acumen
- Adhere
- Admonish
- Adulterate
- Adumbrate
- Adverse
- Advocate
- Aerie
- Aesthetic
- Affable
- Affectation
- Aggrandize
- Aggregate
- Alacrity
- Albeit
- Alienate
- Alleviate
- Aloof
- Amalgamate
- Ambiguous
- Ambivalent
- Ameliorate
- Amortize
- Anachronism
- Analogous
- Anarchy
- Annul
- Anodyne
- Anoint
- Anomaly
- Antagonize
- Antedate
- Antithetical
- Apathy
- Apocryphal
- Apostate
- Apostle
- Apposite
- Apprise
- Approbation
- Appropriate
- Arbiter
- Arcane
- Archaic
- Ardent
- Arduous
- Arrogate
- Articulate
- Artifact
- Artless
- Ascertain
- Ascetic
- Ascribe
- Aseptic
- Asperity
- Assail
- Assiduous
- Assuage
- Attenuate
- Attuned
- Audacious
- Augment
- Augury
- August
- Austere
- Autonomous
- Avarice
- Aver
- Avid
- Axiom
- Balk
- Balloon
- Banal
- Bane
- Base
- Baying
- Belie
- Beneficent
- Benign
- Bent
- Besiege
- Bevy
- Bifurcate
- Bilk
- Blight
- Blithe
- Bogus
- Bolster
- Bombastic
- Bonhomie
- Brandish
- Brook
- Bucolic
- Buffer
- Bureaucracy
- Burgeon
- Burnish
- Buttress
- Bygone
- Cacophony
- Calumny
- Canard
- Candid
- Canonical
- Capricious
- Cardinal
- Cartography
- Castigate
- Catalyst
- Catholic
- Caustic
- Censure
- Chauvinism
- Chicanery
- Chronological
- Circumscribe
- Circumspect
- Clamber
- Clamor
- Clinch
- Cloying
- Coagulate
- Coalesce
- Coda
- Coffer
- Cogent
- Collude
- Commensurate
- Compendium
- Complacent
- Complaisant
- Complementary
- Compliant
- Concede
- Conciliatory
- Concur
- Condone
- Confer
- Confound
- Connoisseur
- Connote
- Console
- Consolidate
- Constrict
- Construe
- Contentious
- Contextualize
- Contrite
- Contumacious
- Conundrum
- Converge
- Conversant
- Conversely
- Convoke
- Convoluted
- Copious
- Corroborate
- Cosmopolitan
- Cosset
- Coterie
- Countenance
- Counterintuitive
- Counterpoint
- Counterproductive
- Covert
- Crafty
- Craven
- Credibility
- Credulous
- Crescendo
- Culminate
- Cupidity
- Curmudgeon
- Cynical
- Daunt
- Debase
- Debunk
- Declaim
- Declivity
- Decorous
- Deem
- Deface
- Default
- Deference
- Deflect
- Deleterious
- Delimit
- Delineate
- Demagogue
- Demur
- Denigrate
- Denote
- Deride
- Derivative
- Desiccate
- Desultory
- Detached
- Deterrent
- Diaphanous
- Diatribe
- Dichotomy
- Dictum
- Didactic
- Diffident
- Diffuse
- Digress
- Dilate
- Dilatory
- Dilettante
- Din
- Dirge
- Disabuse
- Discerning
- Discomfiting
- Discordant
- Discredit
- Discrepancy
- Discrete
- Discriminating
- Disingenuous
- Disinterested
- Disjointed
- Dismiss
- Disparage
- Disparate
- Dispassionate
- Dispatch
- Disperse
- Disposition
- Disquieting
- Dissemble
- Disseminate
- Dissent
- Dissolution
- Dissonance
- Distaff
- Distend
- Distill
- Dither
- Diurnal
- Diverge
- Divest
- Divine
- Doctrinaire
- Document
- Doff
- Dogma
- Dormant
- Dovetail
- Droll
- Dubious
- Dupe
- Duplicity
- Dyspeptic
- E.g.
- Ebullient
- Eccentric
- Echelon
- Eclectic
- Eclipse
- Edify
- Efficacy
- Effigy
- Effrontery
- Egalitarian
- Egregious
- Egress
- Elated
- Elegy
- Elevate
- Elicit
- Eloquent
- Embellish
- Eminent
- Empirical
- Emulate
- Encomium
- Endemic
- Enervate
- Engender
- Enhance
- Enigma
- Entitlement
- Enumerate
- Ephemeral
- Epicure
- Equanimity
- Equitable
- Equivocate
- Erratic
- Erroneous
- Ersatz
- Erstwhile
- Erudite
- Eschew
- Esoteric
- Estimable
- Ethos
- Eulogy
- Euphemism
- Euphony
- Exacerbate
- Exacting
- Exculpate
- Exhaustive
- Exigent
- Exonerate
- Expedient
- Explicit
- Exponent
- Expurgate
- Extemporaneous
- Extraneous
- Extrapolate
- Facetious
- Facilitate
- Faction
- Fallacious
- Fallow
- Fanatical
- Fanciful
- Fastidious
- Fathom
- Fatuous
- Fawn
- Feasible
- Fecund
- Felicitous
- Fervid
- Fetid
- Fidelity
- Figurative
- Finesse
- Flag
- Fledgling
- Fleeting
- Florid
- Flout
- Fluke
- Foment
- Forage
- Ford
- Foreshadow
- Forestall
- Forfeit
- Fortify
- Fortuitous
- Fracas
- Fractious
- Frenetic
- Fringe
- Frugal
- Fulminate
- Furtive
- Futile
- Gainsay
- Gambol
- Garner
- Garrulous
- Gauche
- Gawky
- Germane
- Gestation
- Gist
- Glacial
- Glib
- Glower
- Goad
- Goosebumps
- Gouge
- Gradation
- Graft
- Grandiloquent
- Grandstand
- Grating
- Gregarious
- Grievous
- Grouse
- Grovel
- Guile
- Hackneyed
- Halcyon
- Hallmark
- Hapless
- Harangue
- Hardy
- Harrow
- Haven
- Hearken
- Hedge
- Hedonist
- Hegemony
- Hermetic
- Heterogeneous
- Hew
- Hierarchy
- Hoary
- Hodgepodge
- Homage
- Homogeneous
- Hoodwink
- Hotly
- Husband
- Iconoclast
- Idiosyncrasy
- Idolatry
- Idyllic
- Ignoble
- Imbue
- Imminent
- Immutable
- Impair
- Impartial
- Impasse
- Impassive
- Impecunious
- Impede
- Imperious
- Impermeable
- Imperturbable
- Impervious
- Impetuous
- Impious
- Implacable
- Implication
- Implicit
- Implode
- Imprecation
- Impugn
- Impute
- Inadvertent
- Inasmuch
- Incendiary
- Incentive
- Inchoate
- Incipient
- Incongruous
- Inconsequential
- Inconstancy
- Incorporate
- Inculcate
- Indefatigable
- Indeterminate
- Indifferent
- Indigence
- Indolent
- Inert
- Inexorable
- Infallible
- Inform
- Ingenuous
- Ingrained
- Ingrate
- Ingratiate
- Inherent
- Inimical
- Iniquity
- Innocuous
- Inordinate
- Inquest
- Insensible
- Insinuate
- Insipid
- Insular
- Insurrection
- Intelligible
- Inter
- Interplay
- Interregnum
- Intractable
- Intransigent
- Intrepid
- Intrinsic
- Inundate
- Inure
- Invective
- Inveigle
- Investiture
- Invidious
- Irascible
- Irresolute
- Itinerant
- Itinerary
- Jargon
- Jettison
- Jingoism
- Jocular
- Judicious
- Juncture
- Juxtapose
- Keen
- Kindle
- Kinetic
- Knell
- Kudos
- Lachrymose
- Lackluster
- Laconic
- Lament
- Lampoon
- Landmark
- Languid
- Larceny
- Lassitude
- Latent
- Laudable
- Lavish
- Lax
- Layperson
- Leery
- Legerdemain
- Lethargic
- Levity
- Levy
- Liberal
- Libertine
- Licentious
- Likewise
- Limpid
- Lionize
- Lissome
- Listless
- Livid
- Log
- Loquacious
- Lucid
- Lugubrious
- Lull
- Lumber
- Luminous
- Lurid
- Maelstrom
- Magnanimous
- Magnate
- Makeshift
- Malediction
- Malinger
- Malleable
- Manifest
- Mannered
- Mar
- Martinet
- Maudlin
- Maverick
- Maxim
- Mendacious
- Mendicant
- Mercurial
- Meretricious
- Metamorphosis
- Metaphysical
- Meticulous
- Milieu
- Militate
- Mired
- Mirth
- Missive
- Mitigate
- Modest
- Modicum
- Modish
- Mollify
- Molt
- Monastic
- Monotony
- Moreover
- Mores
- Morose
- Multifarious
- Mundane
- Munificent
- Myopic
- na%C3%AFve
- Nadir
- Nascent
- Negate
- Neologism
- Neophyte
- Net
- Nettle
- Noisome
- Nominal
- Nontrivial
- Normative
- Notoriety
- Novel
- Nuance
- Obdurate
- Objective
- Oblique
- Obsequious
- Obsolete
- Obstinate
- Obviate
- Occlude
- Occult
- Offhand
- Officious
- Offset
- Onerous
- Opaque
- Opine
- Opprobrium
- Optimum
- Orthodox
- Oscillate
- Ossify
- Ostentatious
- Outstrip
- Overshadow
- Overwrought
- Palatial
- Palliate
- Pallid
- Panache
- Panegyric
- Panoply
- Paradigm
- Paradox
- Paragon
- Pare
- Pariah
- Parley
- Parry
- Partial
- Partisan
- Pastiche
- Patent
- Pathogenic
- Pathological
- Patronizing
- Paucity
- Peccadillo
- Pedant
- Peddle
- Pedestrian
- Pejorative
- Pellucid
- Penchant
- Penitent
- Penumbra
- Penury
- per%2Bse
- Perennial
- Perfidious
- Perfunctory
- Peripatetic
- Peripheral
- Permeate
- Pernicious
- Perspicacious
- Pervasive
- Phalanx
- Philanthropy
- Philistine
- Phlegmatic
- Phony
- Pious
- Pith
- Placate
- Placid
- Plastic
- Platitude
- Plausible
- Plethora
- Plucky
- Plummet
- Plutocracy
- Polarized
- Polemic
- Politic
- Polyglot
- Ponderous
- Posit
- Posthumous
- Potentate
- pr%C3%A9cis
- Pragmatic
- Prattle
- Pre empt
- Preamble
- Precarious
- Precipitate
- Precursor
- Predilection
- Predisposed
- Prescient
- Presumptive
- Presumptuous
- Pretentious
- Preternatural
- Prevaricate
- Primacy
- Principled
- Pristine
- Probity
- Proclivity
- Prodigal
- Prodigious
- Profligate
- Profound
- Profuse
- Prohibitive
- Proliferate
- Prolix
- Prologue
- Pronounced
- Propagate
- Propensity
- Prophetic
- Propitiate
- Propitious
- Propriety
- Prosaic
- Proscribe
- Prospective
- Providential
- Proxy
- Prudent
- Puerile
- Pugnacious
- Puissance
- Pulchritude
- Pungent
- Pusillanimous
- Qualified
- Quandary
- Querulous
- Quibble
- Quiescent
- Quixotic
- Quotidian
- Raconteur
- Ranks
- Rarefied
- Reactant
- Recalcitrant
- Recant
- Recapitulate
- Recluse
- Recondite
- Redound
- Redress
- Refractory
- Refulgent
- Refute
- Rejoinder
- Relegate
- Remedial
- Rend
- Render
- Repast
- Replete
- Repose
- Reproach
- Reprobate
- Repudiate
- Requite
- Rescind
- Resolution
- Resolve
- Respectively
- Restive
- Resurgent
- Reticent
- Retrospective
- Revamp
- Reverent
- Rhetoric
- Ribald
- Ridden
- Rife
- Rift
- Rococo
- Rudimentary
- Rue
- Ruminate
- Rustic
- Sacrosanct
- Sagacious
- Salient
- Salubrious
- Sanction
- Sanguine
- Sap
- Sardonic
- Saturate
- Savant
- Savor
- Scant
- Scathing
- Scintilla
- Scurvy
- Searchingly
- Secrete
- Secular
- Sedition
- Sedulous
- Semantic
- Sentient
- Seraphic
- Shard
- Simultaneous
- Sinecure
- Skeptic
- Skirt
- Skittish
- Slack
- Slake
- Slew
- Slight
- Sobriquet
- Solecism
- Solicitous
- Solidarity
- Somatic
- Soporific
- Sound
- Spartan
- Spate
- Spearhead
- Specious
- Spectrum
- Speculate
- Sporadic
- Sportive
- Squalid
- Squelch
- Standing
- Stark
- Stasis
- Static
- status%2Bquo
- Steeped
- Stentorian
- Stigma
- Stingy
- Stint
- Stipulate
- Stolid
- Stratagem
- Stratum
- Strut
- Subjective
- Sublime
- Subpoena
- Subside
- Substantiate
- Succeeding
- Sully
- Supersede
- Supplant
- Supplicate
- Supposition
- Surfeit
- Surly
- Surmise
- Surrogate
- Sybarite
- Sycophant
- Symbiosis
- Synchronous
- Synoptic
- Syntax
- Table
- Tacit
- Taciturn
- Tangential
- Tawdry
- Temperance
- Tendentious
- Tenuous
- Terrestrial
- Terse
- Timely
- Timorous
- Tirade
- Toady
- Token
- Tome
- Torpor
- Torrid
- Tortuous
- Tractable
- Transgression
- Transitory
- Travesty
- Treacherous
- Trenchant
- Trifling
- Trite
- Truculent
- Tumultuous
- Turgid
- Turpitude
- Tyro
- Ubiquitous
- Umbrage
- Unconscionable
- Undermine
- Underscore
- Unearth
- Unequivocal
- Unprecedented
- Unseemly
- Unsparing
- Upbraid
- Usury
- Vacillate
- Vanguard
- Variegated
- Venerate
- Veracity
- Verbose
- Verdant
- Vernal
- Vestige
- Vex
- Via
- Viable
- Vim
- Vintage
- Virtual
- Virulent
- Vitriol
- Vociferous
- Volatile
- Voluble
- Wan
- Wanton
- Warranted
- Wary
- Welter
- Whereas
- Whet
- Whimsical
- Whitewash
- Wily
- Winnow
- Winsome
- Wizened
- Xenophobia
- Yoke
- Zeal
- Zenith

Contentious

meaning: causing , involving, or likely to cause disagreement and argument:

usage: a contentious decision / policy / issue / subject

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