GRE Word List
CIRCUMSCRIBE
to constrict (see constrict
The meaning of the word circumscribe is to constrict (see constrict.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |