SAT vocabulary
Conterminous
Bordering upon, touching, or having a shared boundary without a break
Example
"The wildlife sanctuary is conterminous with the northern national park, sharing an unfenced fifty-mile border."
Etymology
From Latin conterminosus, from con- ('together') + terminus ('boundary, limit').
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