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 |
|---|---|
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| demise | death |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |