GRE Word List

AMNESIA

loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness

The meaning of the word amnesia is loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness.

Random words

WordMeaning
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
validhaving legal efficacy or force
renovateto restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
misconstrueto interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
arbitrateto act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both
alleviaterelieve
expositoryof, relating to, or containing exposition