GRE Word List
BATTALION
a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army
The meaning of the word battalion is a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army.
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| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |