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 |
|---|---|
| delusive | likely to delude |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |