GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
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| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |