GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
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|---|---|
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
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| biting | having the power to bite |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
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| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
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