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 |
|---|---|
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |