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 |
|---|---|
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |