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 |
|---|---|
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |