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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| plait | pleat |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| random | a haphazard course |