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 |
|---|---|
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| natal | native |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |