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 |
|---|---|
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| realm | kingdom |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |