SAT Power Prep Summit Lesson 7 Vocabulary

Psychosis

A mental disorder in which the victim distorts or loses contact with reality

Phenomenon

A strange, extraordinary occurrence

Inclination

A tendency to do a certain thing or act in a certain way

Millennium

A thousand years

Albeit

Although; even though

Subliminal

Existing or occurring without the awareness of the conscious mind

Ambiguous

Having more than one possible meaning

Dominant

Having the most power or control

Gaping

Open wide

Auditory

Pertaining to the ear or the sense of hearing

Posit

To present a fact or assumption, often as the basis for an argument