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 |
|---|---|
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| demure | reserved |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |