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 |
|---|---|
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| quench | put out |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |