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 |
|---|---|
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| growl | rumble |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |