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 |
|---|---|
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |