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 |
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| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
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| belie | to give a false impression of |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| progeny | descendants |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |