GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| distend | extend |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| endue | provide |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |