GRE Word List
CIRCUMSCRIBE
to constrict (see constrict
The meaning of the word circumscribe is to constrict (see constrict.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| brawny | muscular |