GRE Word List
DELUSION
something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated
The meaning of the word delusion is something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| cornucopia | a 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 |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |