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 |
|---|---|
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| congenial | pleasant |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |