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 |
|---|---|
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |