GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |