GRE vocabulary

Circumvent

to find a way around (an obstacle); to overcome (a difficulty or an adversary) usually by stratagem.

Example

"Clever legal tactics allowed the company to circumvent the strict regulations."

From Latin circumvent- 'surrounded', from circumvenire 'surround', from circum 'around' + venire 'come'.

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