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 |
|---|---|
| eventual | contingent |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |