GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |