GRE Word List
BELEAGUER
besiege
The meaning of the word beleaguer is besiege.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| countenance | look |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |