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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meteto give out by measure : dole out
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solicitousmanifesting or expressing solicitude
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coymarked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness
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