GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |