GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| trample | tramp |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| slake | subside |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |