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 |
|---|---|
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| sophist | philosopher |
| recast | to cast again |
| conflagration | fire |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |