GRE Word List

CONTAGION

a contagious disease

The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.

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WordMeaning
deliriuman acute (see acute
limpidmarked by transparency (see transparent
obloquya strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
outstripto go faster or farther than
tyrannyoppressive power
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
solecisman ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence