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 |
|---|---|
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| pander | to act as a pander |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |