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 |
|---|---|
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| retiring | reserved |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |