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 |
|---|---|
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| mulct | fine |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| pundit | pandit |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |