GRE Word List
HYSTERIA
a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
The meaning of the word hysteria is a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral.
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| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
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| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |