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 |
|---|---|
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |