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 |
|---|---|
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |