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 |
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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 |