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 |
|---|---|
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |