GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |