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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| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
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| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
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