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 |
|---|---|
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| reverie | daydream |