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 |
|---|---|
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |