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

WordMeaning
penurya cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money)
ambulatoryable to walk about and not bedridden
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
appeasepacify
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
brindledhaving obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground
chroniccontinuing or occurring again and again for a long time
fraya usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute
episodicmade up of separate especially loosely connected episodes
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration