GRE Word List

CONTAGION

a contagious disease

The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.

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WordMeaning
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
emancipateto free from restraint, control, or the power of another
wholesomepromoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
finishto come to an end : terminate
simulateto give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work