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 |
|---|---|
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| dire | exciting horror |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |