GRE Word List

PERCUSSION

the act of percussing: such as

The meaning of the word percussion is the act of percussing: such as.

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WordMeaning
interveneto occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
fosterhaving, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for
mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
novaa star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years
ineluctablenot to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable
isotopeany of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke