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 |
|---|---|
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| malediction | curse |
| sleek | slick |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| spoof | deceive |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |