GRE Word List

APHASIA

loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)

The meaning of the word aphasia is loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection).

Random words

WordMeaning
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
sagaciousof keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning
flutedhaving or marked by grooves
charismaa personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader)
impelto urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force
concurrentoperating or occurring at the same time
besmirchto cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully
codifyto reduce to a code
ariaair
abstractdisassociated from any specific instance