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
promoteto advance in station, rank, or honor : raise
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
restraintan act of restraining : the state of being restrained
cynosurethe northern constellation Ursa Minor
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
wrongheadedstubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
terminationend in time or existence : conclusion
bewitchto influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
inchoatebeing only partly in existence or operation : incipient