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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warrantsanction
desiccateto dry up
intangiblenot tangible : impalpable
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terrestrialof or relating to the earth or its inhabitants
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
censora person who supervises conduct and morals: such as
remunerativeserving to remunerate
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
solublesusceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water