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 |
|---|---|
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| categorical | absolute |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |