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 |
|---|---|
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| retract | to draw back or in |