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 |
|---|---|
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| sublimate | sublime |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |