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 |
|---|---|
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| junket | trip |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |