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 |
|---|---|
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| syllogism | a 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") |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |