GRE Word List
LUNATIC
affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane
The meaning of the word lunatic is affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| arid | excessively dry |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |