GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| coin | corner |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |