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 |
|---|---|
| congruent | congruous |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |