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 |
|---|---|
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| finery | ornament |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |