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 |
|---|---|
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| quisling | traitor |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |