Contentious. con. ten. tious. [ kun ten shush]. adjective. [ middle english, from anglo-french, from latin contenti? sus]. 1. likely to make someone argue. 2. involving a lot of arguing. 3. willing to argue or disagree. use the dictionary entry for contentious to answer the questions below. how many syllables does the word have? what is the word's part of speech? what is the origin of the word? which definition is the most common? which syllable is stressed?

Read the excerpt from “man listening to disc.” to tommy potter for taking the time to join us on this breezy afternoon with his most unwieldy bass and to the esteemed arthur taylor who is somehow managing to navigate this crowd with his cumbersome drums. and i bow deeply to thelonious monk for figuring out a way to motorize—or whatever—his huge piano so he could be with us today. which of the following additional features would best enhance the reader’s understanding of this excerpt? a diagram showing the narrator’s route through the city a visual simulation of the man walking down the street audio samples of music by the specified musicians textbook chapters on the history of jazz musicians

Which of these novels is considered an important precursor to science fiction

What event triggers victors interest in electricity?