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 |
|---|---|
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |