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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| nexus | connection |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |