GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| influx | a coming in |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| refrain | curb |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |