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 |
|---|---|
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |