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 |
|---|---|
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |