GRE Word List

DELIRIUM

an acute (see acute

The meaning of the word delirium is an acute (see acute.

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cornucopiaa curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile
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monumentalserving as or resembling a monument : massive
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unbridledunrestrained