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 |
|---|---|
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| encompass | include |
| lax | loose |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| shack | hut |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |