GRE Word List
BESET
to set or stud with or as if with ornaments
The meaning of the word beset is to set or stud with or as if with ornaments.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| reckon | count |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| harass | exhaust |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |