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 |
|---|---|
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| grudging | unwilling |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |