GRE Word List

COMA

a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison

The meaning of the word coma is a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison.

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baffleto defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert
subtletythe quality or state of being subtle
mementosomething that serves to warn or remind
apprehensiveviewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
humorthat quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
abscissionthe act or process of cutting off : removal
inchoatebeing only partly in existence or operation : incipient
virulentmarked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
imperativenot to be avoided or evaded : necessary