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 |
|---|---|
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |