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 |
|---|---|
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| edifice | building |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |