GRE Word List

CIRCUMVENT

to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem

The meaning of the word circumvent is to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem.

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WordMeaning
corpusclea minute particle
culpritone accused of or charged with a crime
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
aberrantdeviating from the usual or natural type : atypical
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober