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 |
|---|---|
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| ignite | to set afire |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |