GRE Word List

ENVIRON

encircle

The meaning of the word environ is encircle.

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WordMeaning
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
prototypean original model on which something is patterned : archetype
superfluousexceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra
seasonalof, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season
hirelinga person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives
outlawa person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
surlymenacing or threatening in appearance
shamblesa meat market
economythe structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period