GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
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| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
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| portly | dignified |
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