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 |
|---|---|
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| amend | to put right |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |