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 |
|---|---|
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |