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 |
|---|---|
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |