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.
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| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
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| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
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| inopportune | inconvenient |
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