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 |
|---|---|
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |