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 |
|---|---|
| lampoon | satire |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| blackball | to vote against |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |