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 |
|---|---|
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |