GRE Word List
MESMERIZE
to subject to mesmerism
The meaning of the word mesmerize is to subject to mesmerism.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |