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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| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
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| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| desiccate | to dry up |
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| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
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| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |