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 |
|---|---|
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |