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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |