GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| score | twenty |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |