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 |
|---|---|
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| dynamo | generator |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| forebears | ancestor |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |