GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| betray | to lead astray |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |