GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| melee | a confused struggle |