GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| asunder | into parts |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| finery | ornament |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |