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 |
|---|---|
| inequity | injustice |
| pummel | pound |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |