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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| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
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| vertex | the top of the head |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
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| privy | private |
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