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 |
|---|---|
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| wanton | merciless |
| disport | sport |
| waif | a stray person or animal |