GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
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|---|---|
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |