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 |
|---|---|
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
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| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| braid | to make from braids |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| untenable | not able to be defended |