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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| connoisseur | expert |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| arid | excessively dry |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| reek | smoke |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |