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 |
|---|---|
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |