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 |
|---|---|
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| grate | grating |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| espouse | marry |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |