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 |
|---|---|
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |