GRE Word List
ENVIRON
encircle
The meaning of the word environ is encircle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |