Word Gyan for 31st Oct
ferly
1. Something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
2. Astonishment; wonder.
anoesis
A state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
mesmerize
1. To spellbind; fascinate.
2. To hypnotize.
3. To compel by fascination.
animadvert
1. To comment unfavorably or critically.
2. Obsolete. To take cognizance or notice of.
perdition
1. A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
2. The future state of the wicked.
3. Hell.
4. Utter destruction or ruin.
5. Obsolete. Loss.
berserk
1. Violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged.
noun:
1. Scandinavian legend. An ancient Norse warrior who fought with frenzied rage in battle, possibly induced by eating hallucinogenic mushrooms.
sepulchral
1. Proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.
2. Of or pertaining to burial.
3. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb.
4. Hollow and deep: sepulchral tones.
thanatopsis
1. A view or contemplation of death.
2. A poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant.
ferly
1. Something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
2. Astonishment; wonder.
anoesis
A state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
mesmerize
1. To spellbind; fascinate.
2. To hypnotize.
3. To compel by fascination.
animadvert
1. To comment unfavorably or critically.
2. Obsolete. To take cognizance or notice of.
perdition
1. A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
2. The future state of the wicked.
3. Hell.
4. Utter destruction or ruin.
5. Obsolete. Loss.
berserk
1. Violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged.
noun:
1. Scandinavian legend. An ancient Norse warrior who fought with frenzied rage in battle, possibly induced by eating hallucinogenic mushrooms.
sepulchral
1. Proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.
2. Of or pertaining to burial.
3. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb.
4. Hollow and deep: sepulchral tones.
thanatopsis
1. A view or contemplation of death.
2. A poem (1817) by William Cullen Bryant.