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 |
|---|---|
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
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| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |