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 |
|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| mendicant | beggar |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |