GRE Word List
CONTIGUOUS
being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
The meaning of the word contiguous is being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |