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 |
|---|---|
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
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| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
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