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

WordMeaning
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
hedonista person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism
limberhaving a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile
wispa small handful (as of hay or straw)
ruddyhaving a healthy reddish color
succorrelief
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
dooma law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England
dismissto permit or cause to leave