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 |
|---|---|
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
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| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| devious | wandering |