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 |
|---|---|
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| lax | loose |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |