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 |
|---|---|
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| mendicant | beggar |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
