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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |