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 |
|---|---|
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
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| savant | a person of learning |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
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