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 |
|---|---|
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
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| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |