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 |
|---|---|
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
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| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |