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 |
|---|---|
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |