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 |
|---|---|
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |