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 |
|---|---|
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| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
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| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
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| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
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