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 |
|---|---|
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| aver | to declare positively |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| dilute | attenuate |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |