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 |
|---|---|
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| colloquy | conversation |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| phenomena | phenomenon |