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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| scintilla | spark |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |