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 |
|---|---|
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |