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.

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siltloose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter
sanctiona formal decree
verdigrisa green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates
elixira substance held capable of changing base metals into gold
eccentricitythe quality or state of being eccentric
fazeto disturb the composure of : disconcert
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
chaffingthe seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain
chroniccontinuing or occurring again and again for a long time