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 |
|---|---|
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| violate | break |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |