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 |
|---|---|
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| obscure | dark |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |