GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |