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 |
|---|---|
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |