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 |
|---|---|
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| random | a haphazard course |
| harass | exhaust |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |
| niggle | trifle |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |