GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |