GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| engender | beget |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |