GRE Word List
DERANGED
mentally unsound : crazy
The meaning of the word deranged is mentally unsound : crazy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |