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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WordMeaning
stammerto make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter
pivotalof, relating to, or constituting a pivot
executeto carry out fully : put completely into effect
sleightdeceitful craftiness
animositya strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
imposturethe act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
ravagean act or practice of ravaging