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 |
|---|---|
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| whittle | a large knife |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |