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 |
|---|---|
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |