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 |
|---|---|
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
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| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| declivity | downward inclination |
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| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |