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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| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
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| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |