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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| raiment | clothing |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |