GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |