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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| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| fete | festival |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |