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
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
breachinfraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard
triviaunimportant matters : trivial facts or details
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
flauntto display or obtrude oneself to public notice
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless
exceptionablebeing likely to cause objection : objectionable
criteriaa standard on which a judgment or decision may be based