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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reprisala retaliatory act
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implicateto bring into intimate or incriminating connection
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entrancepower or permission to enter : admission
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
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