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 |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| paramour | lover |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |