GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| opus | work |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |