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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| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
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| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
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| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
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