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 |
|---|---|
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| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
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| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |