GRE Word List
HYPNOSIS
a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
The meaning of the word hypnosis is a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| crass | gross |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |