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 |
|---|---|
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| martial | of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| convoluted | having convolutions |