GRE Word List
BELEAGUER
besiege
The meaning of the word beleaguer is besiege.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |