GRE Word List

CONTAGION

a contagious disease

The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.

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WordMeaning
arroyoa watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region
legislaturea body of persons having the power to legislate
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
scrupuloushaving moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
mawkishlacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste