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 |
|---|---|
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| bulk | magnitude |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |