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 |
|---|---|
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |