GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| throes | pang |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |