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 |
|---|---|
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| warranted | sanction |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| modish | fashionable |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |