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 |
|---|---|
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| hap | happening |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| parlance | speech |
| unsavory | insipid |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| vent | to provide with a vent |