GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| obese | having excessive body fat |