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 |
|---|---|
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| drivel | nonsense |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |