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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|---|---|
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |