GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |