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 |
|---|---|
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| prong | fork |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| brook | creek |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |