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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| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
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| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| quizzical | comically quaint |