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 |
|---|---|
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |