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 |
|---|---|
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| sanction | a formal decree |