GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| charlatan | quack |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |