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 |
|---|---|
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| nib | bill |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |