GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| countenance | look |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| descry | to catch sight of |