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 |
|---|---|
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |