GRE Word List

CONTAGION

a contagious disease

The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.

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WordMeaning
dissentto withhold assent or approval
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
imperturbablemarked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene
dialecticalof, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic
unfetterto free from fetters
delusionsomething that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated
scowlto contract the brow in an expression of displeasure
reciprocalinversely related : opposite