GRE Word List
CIRCUITOUS
roundabout
The meaning of the word circuitous is roundabout.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plaintive | expressing sorrow; mournful; Ex. plaintive song |
| compliance | conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield; disposition to yield to others; V. comply |
| condescend | (derog.) bestow courtesies with a superior air; descend to the level of one considered inferior |
| cynical | skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness |
| thrall | slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty held him in thrall; CF. enthrall |
| disburse | pay out (as from a fund); N. disbursement; CF. purse |
| aptitude | fitness; talent |
| lurid | wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible; Ex. lurid details of the murder |
| gentility | those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel |
| eon | long period of time; an age; longest division of geologic time containing two or more eras |
