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 |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |