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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WordMeaning
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
wrangleto dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker
luridcausing horror or revulsion : gruesome
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
requiema mass for the dead
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
stemthe main trunk of a plant
dutifulfilled with or motivated by a sense of duty