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 |
|---|---|
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |