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 |
|---|---|
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |