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 |
|---|---|
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| nomenclature | name |