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narcosis

nounCommon GRE wordMore N words

a condition of stupor, drowsiness, or unconsciousness brought on by drugs or other agents

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Narcosis in a sentence

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Deep-sea divers must guard against the narcosis that nitrogen can induce at depth.

Synonyms
stuporunconsciousnesstorpor
Antonyms
alertnessconsciousness

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The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Narcosis (noun) means a condition of stupor, drowsiness, or unconsciousness brought on by drugs or other agents
Here is narcosis used in an example sentence: "Deep-sea divers must guard against the narcosis that nitrogen can induce at depth."
Common synonyms for narcosis include stupor, unconsciousness, torpor.
Antonyms of narcosis include alertness, consciousness.
Narcosis is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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