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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| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
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| rank | relative standing or position |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| slew | a large number |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
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| endorse | to write on the back of |
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