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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |