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 |
|---|---|
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| conspire | plot |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |