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 |
|---|---|
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |