GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| dys- | abnormal |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |