GRE Word List

CONTAGION

a contagious disease

The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.

Random words

WordMeaning
perditioneternal damnation
mischiefa specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent
engenderbeget
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
factiona party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique
manifestreadily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
insolencethe quality or state of being insolent
morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
matriarcha woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state