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 |
|---|---|
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| paltry | inferior |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| brink | edge |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |