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 |
|---|---|
| misadventure | misfortune |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| cue | the letter q |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |