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 |
|---|---|
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| spate | freshet |
| betray | to lead astray |
| dull | tedious |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| fiasco | a complete failure |