GRE Word List
APHASIA
loss of speech due to injury or illness
The meaning of the word aphasia is loss of speech due to injury or illness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| audacious | daring; bold; N. audacity |
| saturnine | morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance. |
| consign | send to a person or place for sale; deliver officially; entrust; put into the care of another; set apart (for a special purpose); N. consignment; CF. consignor, consignee |
| sprightly | lively |
| noncommittal | neutral; refusing commitment to a particular opinion; unpledged; undecided |
| restraint | moderation or self-control; controlling force; restriction |
| witless | lacking intelligence or wit; foolish; idiotic |
| embed | enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass |
| memoir | memoirs; autobiography; biography |
| heinous | atrocious; wicked; hatefully bad; Ex. heinous crime |
