GRE Word List
MEGALOMANIA
a mania (see mania
The meaning of the word megalomania is a mania (see mania.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| attentive | mindful |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |