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 |
|---|---|
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| propellant | capable of propelling |