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 |
|---|---|
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| demise | death |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| plait | pleat |
| wry | twist |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |