GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| paramour | lover |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |