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.

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WordMeaning
tepidmoderately warm : lukewarm
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
tycoona businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
timbrethe quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
prescienceforeknowledge of events:
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
gobbleto swallow or eat greedily
propensityan often intense natural inclination or preference
illusiona misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion