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.
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| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| finery | ornament |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |