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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |