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 |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| dissension | disagreement |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| congruent | congruous |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| irremediable | not remediable |