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
fermentto undergo fermentation
gourmeta connoisseur of food and drink
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument
curfewthe sounding of a bell at evening
upbraidto criticize severely : find fault with
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
castigationto subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism