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 |
|---|---|
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| trenchant | keen |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| distend | extend |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| chivalrous | valiant |