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 |
|---|---|
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| enduring | lasting |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |