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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WordMeaning
understateto represent as less than is the case
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
capitulateto surrender often after negotiation of terms
gustoan individual or special taste
privyprivate
sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
reinstateto place again (as in possession or in a former position)
monumentalserving as or resembling a monument : massive
coincorner