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 |
|---|---|
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |