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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |