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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|---|---|
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| apprehend | arrest |
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| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
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| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
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