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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| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
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| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| concatenate | linked together |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
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| savory | having savor: such as |