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 |
|---|---|
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| acclaim | applaud |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| billowing | wave |
| leave-taking | departure |