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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |