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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| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
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| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
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| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |