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 following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret