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 |
|---|---|
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |