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 |
|---|---|
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |