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 |
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| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |