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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| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| concentric | having a common center |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |