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 |
|---|---|
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| passe | past one's prime |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |