GRE vocabulary

Circuitous

Indirect, roundabout; longer than the most direct way.

Example

"The circuitous route through the mountains took much longer than planned."

Etymology

From Latin 'circuitus' meaning 'a going around,' from 'circumire' (to go around).

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