GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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|---|---|
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
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| parlance | speech |
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| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
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| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| quotidian | occurring every day |