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 |
|---|---|
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |