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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| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| nomenclature | name |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |