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 |
|---|---|
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |