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 |
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| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
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| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
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| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |