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 |
|---|---|
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |