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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archivesa place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
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anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
grovelto creep with the face to the ground : crawl