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 |
|---|---|
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |