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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| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |