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 |
|---|---|
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |