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 |
|---|---|
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| congruent | congruous |