GRE Word List
HINTERLANDS
a region lying inland from a coast
The meaning of the word hinterlands is a region lying inland from a coast.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| aver | to declare positively |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |