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 |
|---|---|
| warrant | sanction |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |