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 |
|---|---|
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |