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 |
|---|---|
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |