GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |