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 |
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| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |