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 |
|---|---|
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |