GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |