GRE Word List
PERIPHERAL
of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part
The meaning of the word peripheral is of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part.
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| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
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| antithesis | the direct opposite |
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