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 |
|---|---|
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| feint | something feigned |