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 |
|---|---|
| grotto | cave |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| overwhelm | upset |