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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |