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 |
|---|---|
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| rightful | just |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |