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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WordMeaning
illusorybased on or producing illusion : deceptive
tenantone who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another
benefitsomething that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
exasperateto cause irritation or annoyance to
equilibriuma state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
restraintan act of restraining : the state of being restrained
anthema song or hymn of praise or gladness