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 |
|---|---|
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| stench | stink |