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 |
|---|---|
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |