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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ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
reckoncount
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
cogentappealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing
harassexhaust
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
celerityrapidity of motion or action
integrityfirm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
assiduousshowing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill