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 |
|---|---|
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |