GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |