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 |
|---|---|
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |