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 |
|---|---|
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| pundit | pandit |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| savory | having savor: such as |