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 |
|---|---|
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |