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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WordMeaning
occidentwest
unwontedbeing out of the ordinary : rare
stratuma bed or layer artificially made
conciliatoryintended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate
spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
gibberishunintelligible or meaningless language: