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 |
|---|---|
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| pliant | pliable |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |