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 |
|---|---|
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| quorum | a select group |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |