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.
Random words
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| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
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| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
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| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |