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 |
|---|---|
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| sentinel | sentry |