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 |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| document | proof |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |