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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| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
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| betroth | to promise to marry |
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