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Swollen

/swˈoʊlən/
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(adj) Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

Your feet are swollen because your shoes are too small.
I drank too much. My face is swollen!
CEFR Practice Quiz
His knee was very ____ and painful after he tripped and fell while walking down the steep stairs earlier today.

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