GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |