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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| forte | one's strong point |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |