GRE Word List
BESIEGE
to surround with armed forces
The meaning of the word besiege is to surround with armed forces.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| approbation | commendation |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |