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 |
|---|---|
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |