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 |
|---|---|
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
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| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |