GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| hortatory | hortative |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |