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 |
|---|---|
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |