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 |
|---|---|
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| append | attach |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |