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 |
|---|---|
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |