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 |
|---|---|
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| armada | a fleet of warships |