GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anonymity | the quality or state of being anonymous |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| lampoon | satire |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |