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 |
|---|---|
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| concatenate | linked together |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |