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 |
|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |