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 |
|---|---|
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |