Historians studied how the contagion of cholera spread along trade routes in the nineteenth century.
历史学家研究了霍乱的传染如何在十九世纪沿着贸易路线传播。
Which choice best defines “contagion”?
A — The spread of disease by contact. “contagion” means the spread of disease by contact.
Which word means “the spread of disease by contact”?
D — contagion. “contagion” means the spread of disease by contact.
contagion — the spread of disease by contact. In Chinese: 传染.
contagion is pronounced /kənˈteɪdʒən/.
Historians studied how the contagion of cholera spread along trade routes in the nineteenth century. (历史学家研究了霍乱的传染如何在十九世纪沿着贸易路线传播。)
infection, transmission, spread — all close in meaning to contagion (the spread of disease by contact).
Yes. contagion is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.