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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catechism | oral instruction |
| lax | loose |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| viable | capable of living |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |