GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| quisling | traitor |
| impinge | encroach |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |