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 |
|---|---|
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |