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 |
|---|---|
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| stringent | tight |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |