GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
allude | to make indirect reference |
dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
emollient | making soft or supple |
scheme | a plan or program of action |
knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |