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 |
|---|---|
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| retrench | cut down |