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 |
|---|---|
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| hirsute | hairy |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |