GRE Word List
ENCIRCLE
to form a circle around : surround
The meaning of the word encircle is to form a circle around : surround.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| dingy | dirty |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |