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 |
|---|---|
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| mendicant | beggar |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| tawny | of the color tawny |