GRE Word List
PARANOIA
mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
The meaning of the word paranoia is mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations.
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| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
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| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |