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
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
clairvoyanthaving clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
catholicroman catholic
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
rectifyto set right : remedy
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity