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 |
|---|---|
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |