GRE Word List

CIRCUITOUS

having a circular or winding course

The meaning of the word circuitous is having a circular or winding course.

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resourcefulable to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means
habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
witticisma cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark
rigorharsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
posthumousborn after the death of the father
inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
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plummetto fall perpendicularly
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
luminousemitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light