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 |
|---|---|
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |