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 |
|---|---|
| occident | west |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| solstice | either 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 |
| bilious | of 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 |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |