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 |
|---|---|
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| inductive | of, relating to, or employing mathematical or logical induction |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |