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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| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
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| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
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| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |