GRE Word List
BELEAGUER
besiege
The meaning of the word beleaguer is besiege.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| exegesis | exposition |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |