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 |
|---|---|
| romp | one that romps |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |