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 |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |