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 |
|---|---|
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |