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 |
|---|---|
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| guy | man |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| sentinel | sentry |