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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|---|---|
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| untenable | not able to be defended |