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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| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
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| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
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