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 |
|---|---|
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| niggle | trifle |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |