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 |
|---|---|
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |