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.

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WordMeaning
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
mannerismexaggerated or affected (see affected
tithea tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment
remissionthe act or process of remitting
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
invulnerableincapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas