Question

circumvent We knew there was a traffic jam on the highway and circumvented it by using back roads. ˌsərkəmˈvɛnt

Accepted Answer

(1) To make a circuit around. (2) To manage to get around, especially by clever means. In mythology, a person's attempts to circumvent fate are almost always doomed. In the Iliad we're told of how Achilles' mother, Thetis, hoping to circumvent the prophecy that her child would die in a war against Troy, disguised the boy as a woman. But clever Odysseus, recruiting for the Greek army, arrived disguised as a peddler, and among the jewels he displayed to the women of the household he laid a sword. The young Achilles, ignoring the jewelry, immediately seized the sword, thereby identifying himself for what he was. Today we more often hear of attempts to circumvent the law, or at least some requirements that we'd rather not have to deal with

word	circumvent
definition	(1) To make a circuit around. (2) To manage to get around, especially by clever means.
eg_sentence	We knew there was a traffic jam on the highway and circumvented it by using back roads.
explanation	In mythology, a person's attempts to circumvent fate are almost always doomed. In the Iliad we're told of how Achilles' mother, Thetis, hoping to circumvent the prophecy that her child would die in a war against Troy, disguised the boy as a woman. But clever Odysseus, recruiting for the Greek army, arrived disguised as a peddler, and among the jewels he displayed to the women of the household he laid a sword. The young Achilles, ignoring the jewelry, immediately seized the sword, thereby identifying himself for what he was. Today we more often hear of attempts to circumvent the law, or at least some requirements that we'd rather not have to deal with
IPA	ˌsərkəmˈvɛnt

Circumvent Clever Attempts Disguised Make Circuit Manage Means