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 |
|---|---|
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| score | twenty |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
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| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
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| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |