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 |
|---|---|
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| lewd | obscene |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |