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 |
|---|---|
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| violate | break |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |