CIRCUMSTANCE (circum) Noun A conditions that surround or cause an event to happen
"The one circumstance that caused me to end up here was my brother painting my face black while I was asleep," explained Tasha, "so how do I get back?"
CIRCUMVENT (circum) Verb To get around something in a clever and sometimes dishonest way
"I attempted to circumvent the computer's passcode," whispered Darth Frank to his thieving buddy, "but Alice Axelik entered the room and spotted me hacking into the computer, so I made a run for it."
ECCENTRIC (centr) Adjective Tending to act in a strange or unusual ways
"That guy looks totally eccentric," chuckled Iroha, so I told her, "That is a poor, homeless person who you are not allowed to make fun of; you can't just go around saying people are eccentric!"