GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hazard | a source of danger |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| forebears | ancestor |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |