GRE Word List
CONTUSION
injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise
The meaning of the word contusion is injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
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| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| violate | break |