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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| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
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| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
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| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |