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 |
|---|---|
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| fester | to generate pus |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| stringent | tight |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |