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 |
|---|---|
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |