GRE Word List
CIRCUMSPECT
careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent
The meaning of the word circumspect is careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |