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 |
|---|---|
| distant | separated in space : away |
| raspy | harsh |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |