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 |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |