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 |
|---|---|
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| violate | break |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |