GRE Word List

CONTAGION

a contagious disease

The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.

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encumberweigh down
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real
regimeregimen
decoya pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
resolutionthe act or process of resolving: such as
nadirthe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer
impalpableincapable of being felt by touch : intangible
consanguineousof the same blood or origin
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious