GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |