GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| decipher | decode |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| refrain | curb |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |