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 |
|---|---|
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| flighty | swift |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| dissension | disagreement |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |