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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| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |