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 |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |