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 |
|---|---|
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |