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 |
|---|---|
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |