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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violatebreak
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
tolla tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
abscondto depart secretly and hide oneself
elaborateplanned or carried out with great care
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
humilityfreedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble
heraldan official at a tournament of arms (see arm
erratichaving no fixed course : wandering