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 |
|---|---|
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |