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 |
|---|---|
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| flounder | flatfish |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |