GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
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| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| betray | to lead astray |
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| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |