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 |
|---|---|
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
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| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
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| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
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