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 |
|---|---|
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |