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).

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WordMeaning
insensatelacking sense or understanding
pronehaving a tendency or inclination : being likely
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
blunthaving an edge or point that is not sharp
gratuitousnot called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
affectedartificial; pretended
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
languishto be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
amalgamateto unite in or as if in an amalgam