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 |
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| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| viand | an item of food |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |