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 |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| expatriate | banish |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| cipher | zero |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |