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.

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WordMeaning
adherentone who adheres to something: such as
precincta part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district
chastento correct by punishment or suffering : discipline
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
antithesisthe direct opposite
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for
jurisdictionthe power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)