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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |