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 |
|---|---|
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| peerless | matchless |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |