GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
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probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
conspire | plot |
quorum | a select group |
patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |