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 |
|---|---|
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| unfrock | defrock |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |