GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
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|---|---|
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
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| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
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| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| potentate | ruler |
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