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
douseto plunge into water
interloperone that interlopes: such as
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
responsivenessgiving response : constituting a response : answering
documentproof
collaborateto work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor
clangora resounding clang or medley of clangs
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details