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 |
|---|---|
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| stench | stink |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| lewd | obscene |