GRE Word List

ENVIRON

encircle

The meaning of the word environ is encircle.

Random words

WordMeaning
blurtto utter abruptly and impulsively
shavingthe act of one that shaves
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
sinecurean office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
unprecedentedhaving no precedent : novel
commemorativeintended as a commemoration
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck
reverentexpressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful
alchemya 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
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation