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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WordMeaning
subdueto conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish
rationalean explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
monolithicof, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge
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sluicean artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow
retortto pay or hurl back : return
regimena systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient
insinuateto impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply
prerogativean exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people