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 |
|---|---|
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |