GRE Word List
SCRIMMAGE
a minor battle : skirmish
The meaning of the word scrimmage is a minor battle : skirmish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| feint | something feigned |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |