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 |
|---|---|
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| reputable | enjoying good repute : held in esteem |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |