GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| schism | division |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| consort | associate |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |