GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
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| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| impinge | encroach |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |