GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| aver | to declare positively |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |