GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| quisling | traitor |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |