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 |
|---|---|
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| license | permission to act |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |