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 |
|---|---|
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| apiarist | beekeeper |