GRE Word List
PSYCHOSIS
a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
The meaning of the word psychosis is a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions.
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| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |