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 |
|---|---|
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| haggard | not tamed |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| pundit | pandit |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| forebears | ancestor |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |