GRE Word List

DETONATION

the action or process of detonating

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

Random words

WordMeaning
insurmountableincapable of being surmounted : insuperable
chivalrousvaliant
frockan outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit
quailany of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as
motea small particle : speck
nursea person who cares for the sick or infirm
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
righteousacting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin