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 |
|---|---|
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |