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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WordMeaning
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
antecedeprecede
formalitycompliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony
hindrancethe state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered
primpto dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner
outlawa person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
triviaunimportant matters : trivial facts or details
dishonorlack or loss of honor or reputation