GRE Word List

DETONATION

the action or process of detonating

The meaning of the word detonation is the action or process of detonating.

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chaplaina clergyman in charge of a chapel
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
insouciantlighthearted unconcern : nonchalance
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slougha place of deep mud or mire
discordantbeing at variance : disagreeing
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
queerdiffering in some way from what is usual or normal : odd