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 |
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urchin | hedgehog |
irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
aver | to declare positively |
occident | west |
concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |