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 |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |