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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| unsavory | insipid |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |