GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |