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 |
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| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| unsavory | insipid |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |