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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nexus | connection |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |