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 |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| lampoon | satire |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| welter | writhe |