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 |
|---|---|
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| imbibe | drink |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |