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 |
|---|---|
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| fabricate | invent |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |