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 |
|---|---|
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| retrench | cut down |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |