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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |