GRE Word List
BESIEGE
to surround with armed forces
The meaning of the word besiege is to surround with armed forces.
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| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |