GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| rift | fissure |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |