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 |
|---|---|
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
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