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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WordMeaning
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
gauchelacking social experience or grace
provenanceorigin
seminaryan environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
inciteto move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
personablepleasant or amiable in person : attractive
immobilitynot moving : motionless
repressto check by or as if by pressure : curb