GRE Word List

ENVIRON

encircle

The meaning of the word environ is encircle.

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motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
vacuousemptied of or lacking content
momentuma property (see property
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
scavengeto remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area
nimblequick and light in motion : agile
welta strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together
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determinatehaving defined limits