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 |
|---|---|
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |