GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |