GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
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| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| purse | a small bag for money |