GRE Word List
CONTAGION
a contagious disease
The meaning of the word contagion is a contagious disease.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |