GRE Word List
CIRCUIT
a usually circular line encompassing an area
The meaning of the word circuit is a usually circular line encompassing an area.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |