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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
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| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |