GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
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| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
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| countenance | look |
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