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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negligencethe quality or state of being negligent
utopiaa place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
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groucha fit of bad temper
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sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile