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.

Random words

WordMeaning
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
mimean ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner
fusionthe act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat
haughtinessblatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior
ferventvery hot : glowing
librettothe text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
compilationthe act or process of compiling
puerilejuvenile
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland