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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WordMeaning
improviseto compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
stygianof or relating to the river Styx
steeplofty
provocativeserving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
exhumedisinter
collationa light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper
heterogeneousconsisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
chideto speak out in angry or displeased rebuke
incompatiblenot compatible: such as
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe