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 |
|---|---|
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| violate | break |