GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |