GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |