GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| libido | instinctual 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 |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| shambles | a meat market |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |