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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| homily | a usually short sermon |