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 |
|---|---|
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| dynamo | generator |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |