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 |
|---|---|
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| exegesis | exposition |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |