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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| dingy | dirty |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |