GRE Word List
ENCIRCLE
to form a circle around : surround
The meaning of the word encircle is to form a circle around : surround.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| concentric | having a common center |
| mendicant | beggar |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |