GRE Word List
PERIMETER
the boundary of a closed plane figure
The meaning of the word perimeter is the boundary of a closed plane figure.
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| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
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| appease | pacify |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
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| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |