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 |
|---|---|
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| contest | strive |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
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