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 |
|---|---|
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| ram | a male sheep |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |