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 |
|---|---|
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
