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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |