GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |