GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
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metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
ravenous | rapacious |