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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |