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 |
|---|---|
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |