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 |
|---|---|
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| repercussion | reflection |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |