GRE Word List

ADJACENT

not distant : nearby

The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.

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championa winner of first prize or first place in competition
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
gustoan individual or special taste
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
enterprisingmarked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act
emolumentthe returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites
persistto go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
extantcurrently or actually existing
perspicuousplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation