The committee's contentious debate over the new zoning law lasted several hours without reaching a consensus.
委员会就新分区法的激烈争论持续了数小时，仍未达成共识。
Which choice best defines “contentious”?
A — Causing dispute; quarrelsome.. “contentious” means Causing dispute; quarrelsome..
Which word means “Causing dispute; quarrelsome.”?
A — contentious. “contentious” means Causing dispute; quarrelsome..
contentious — Causing dispute; quarrelsome.. In Chinese: 有争议的；好争辩的.
contentious is pronounced //kənˈtɛnʃəs//.
The committee's contentious debate over the new zoning law lasted several hours without reaching a consensus. (委员会就新分区法的激烈争论持续了数小时，仍未达成共识。)
disputatious, quarrelsome, debatable — all close in meaning to contentious (Causing dispute; quarrelsome.).
harmonious, agreeable — each the opposite of contentious (Causing dispute; quarrelsome.).
Yes. contentious is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
同 contend → 爱争的/引争议的。