GRE Word List
CIRCUMSCRIBE
to constrict (see constrict
The meaning of the word circumscribe is to constrict (see constrict.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| desperate | having lost hope |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| laud | praise |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |