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 |
|---|---|
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| skimp | skimpy |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |