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 |
|---|---|
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| junket | trip |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| gnome | maxim |