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 |
|---|---|
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| defalcate | deduct |
| willowy | abounding with willows |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |