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 |
|---|---|
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| bevy | a large group or collection |