GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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|---|---|
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| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
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| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |