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 |
|---|---|
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| politic | political |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |