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 |
|---|---|
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| poise | balance |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |