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 |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |