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
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| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |