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 |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |