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 |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| congenial | pleasant |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |