SAT vocabulary
Periphery
An external boundary enclosing a physical area, or a limiting perimeter of activity
Example
"The old castle sat on the outer periphery of the kingdom, guarding the frontier against sudden incursions."
Etymology
From Middle French peripherie, via Late Latin from Greek periphereia ('circumference, outer surface'), from peri- ('around') + pherein ('to carry').
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