GRE Word List
ENVIRON
enclose; surround; N. environs: surrounding area (as of a city)
The meaning of the word environ is enclose; surround; N. environs: surrounding area (as of a city).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coax | persuade by flattery |
| sonnet | 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern |
| rationalize | make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization |
| termination | end; V. terminate |
| effeminate | having womanly traits |
| litany | supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words |
| concede | admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal |
| prelate | church dignitary; priest of high position in the church (esp. bishop) |
| sullen | silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy |
| bitter | having a sharp biting taste; causing sharp pain to the body or mind; filled with resentment, disappointment, or other unpleasant feelings; Ex. bitter wind/sorrow/tears |
