GRE Word List

CONTAGION

a contagious disease

The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.

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WordMeaning
confideto have confidence : trust
terminologythe technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
sentientresponsive to or conscious of sense impressions
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
appraiseto set a value on : to estimate the amount of
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
earmarka mark of identification on the ear of an animal
braggadocioempty boasting
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior