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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| hardy | bold |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |