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 |
|---|---|
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| append | attach |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| ebullient | boiling |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |