GRE Word List

ENVIRON

encircle

The meaning of the word environ is encircle.

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libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
celerityrapidity of motion or action
discordlack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas)
collagean artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface
commonwealtha nation, state, or other political unit: such as
raucousdisagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
mementosomething that serves to warn or remind
scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture