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 |
|---|---|
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| environ | encircle |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| occident | west |