GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| garnish | decorate |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| juncture | a point of time |