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 |
|---|---|
| compulsory | mandatory |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |