GRE Word List

CONTAGION

a contagious disease

The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.

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deviateto stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic
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fundamentalserving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic
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bandyto discuss lightly or banteringly
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
executiveof or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
receptiveable or inclined to receive