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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| 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 |
| sheer | unqualified |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| reverberate | reflect |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| minuscule | very small |