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 |
|---|---|
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |