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 |
|---|---|
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| whimsy | whim |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |