GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| sheer | unqualified |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |