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 |
|---|---|
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| imbibe | drink |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |