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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annihilateto cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
agilitythe quality or state of being agile : nimbleness
irrevocablenot possible to revoke : unalterable
outstripto go faster or farther than
rabidextremely violent : furious
tarnishto dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil
sonorousproducing sound (as when struck)
gauchelacking social experience or grace