GRE Word List
DERANGED
mentally unsound : crazy
The meaning of the word deranged is mentally unsound : crazy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| pilfer | steal |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| junket | trip |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |