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 |
|---|---|
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| lewd | obscene |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| arsenal | an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |