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 |
|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| consort | associate |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |