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 |
|---|---|
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| retrench | cut down |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| imprecation | curse |
| inundate | overwhelm |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |