GRE Word List

ENVIRON

encircle

The meaning of the word environ is encircle.

Random words

WordMeaning
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
deciduousfalling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle
piedof two or more colors in blotches
ascendancygoverning or controlling influence : domination
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
tacta keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument