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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
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| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| betroth | to promise to marry |