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 |
|---|---|
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| retribution | recompense |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |