GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| quisling | traitor |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |