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 |
|---|---|
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| mischance | bad luck |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |