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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