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 |
|---|---|
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| drab | slattern |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| delusive | likely to delude |