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 |
|---|---|
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| demented | mad |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| spare | not being used |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |