GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |