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 |
|---|---|
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |