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 |
|---|---|
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| attentive | mindful |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |