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 |
|---|---|
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| dingy | dirty |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |