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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bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
convention | agreement |
indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
connivance | the act of conniving |
horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
roster | a roll or list of personnel |
vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |