GRE Word List

MESMERIZE

to subject to mesmerism

The meaning of the word mesmerize is to subject to mesmerism.

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cordonan ornamental cord or ribbon
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grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
mordantbiting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive
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exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands
bruntthe principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
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