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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firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |