GRE Word List
LACERATION
the act of lacerating
The meaning of the word laceration is the act of lacerating.
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|---|---|
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| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
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| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
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| pummel | pound |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
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