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 |
|---|---|
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| scourge | whip |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |