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 |
|---|---|
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |