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 |
|---|---|
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |