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 |
|---|---|
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| quisling | traitor |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |