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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |