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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| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
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| hothead | a hotheaded person |
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