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 |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |