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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| leery | suspicious |
| drivel | nonsense |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |