GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
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| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |