GRE Word List
OUTSKIRTS
a part remote from the center : border
The meaning of the word outskirts is a part remote from the center : border.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| retrench | cut down |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| shambles | a meat market |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |