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 |
|---|---|
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| enhance | heighten |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |