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 |
|---|---|
| convention | agreement |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |