GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |