GRE Word List
CONTUMACIOUS
stubbornly disobedient : rebellious
The meaning of the word contumacious is stubbornly disobedient : rebellious.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |