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.

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thralla state of servitude or submission
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elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
creepto move along with the body prone and close to the ground
antiquatedoutmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted
compriseto be made up of
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pluckto pull or pick off or out
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palatialof, relating to, or being a palace