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 |
|---|---|
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| retrench | cut down |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| enduring | lasting |