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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| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
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| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
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