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 |
|---|---|
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| drivel | nonsense |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| expiate | to make amends for |