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 |
|---|---|
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |