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

WordMeaning
excoriateto wear off the skin of : abrade
incommodiousnot commodious : inconvenient
delusivelikely to delude
annihilateto cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
sluran insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion
partialitythe quality or state of being partial : bias
expatiateto move about freely or at will : wander
evoketo call forth or up: such as
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
noveltysomething new or unusual