GRE Word List
BRUISE
an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
The meaning of the word bruise is an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| flighty | swift |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |