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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| microcosm | a little world |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |