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 |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |