SAT vocabulary

Contiguous

Sharing a common border; touching.

Example

"The two properties were contiguous, allowing the farmer to expand his fields without having to cross a road."

Etymology

From Latin 'contiguus' (touching, bordering), from 'con-' (together) + 'tangere' (to touch).

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