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 |
|---|---|
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| reverie | daydream |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |