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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| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
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| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |