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 |
|---|---|
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |