GRE Word List
PERIPHERY
the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve
The meaning of the word periphery is the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |