GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
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| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
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| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
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