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 |
|---|---|
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| forebears | ancestor |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| retiring | reserved |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |