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 |
|---|---|
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| sophist | philosopher |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |