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 |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| drivel | nonsense |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |