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

WordMeaning
irreparablenot reparable : irremediable
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
impregnableincapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable
bicameralhaving, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber
natalnative
regicidea person who kills a king
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
lurkto lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
factotuma person having many diverse activities or responsibilities
fetishan object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner