GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
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|---|---|
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
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| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| pliant | pliable |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |