GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |