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 |
|---|---|
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |